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An image taken at the scene of the crash shows a large emergency services presence (Image: Ash Jones)

Jasper, from Stoke Gifford, told Bristol Post : "We were only a short distance behind the lorry and from what we had seen, it had a puncture, lost control and it veered right through the central reservation and into the other side of the carriageway.

"We didn’t see the impact but we pulled over and tried to give some first aid."

Jasper said that he had been given first-aid training while working as a financial administrator, along with his housemate Daniel.

It was this training that helped them as they set about helping to pull people from the wreckage of a car that had burst into flames.

The scene on the M5 near the Almondsbury Interchange where four people are beleived to have died in a crash (Image: SWNS)

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Jasper spoke about what they found when they stopped to help. He told Bristol Post : "It was horrific, absolutely horrific. There were two other cars involved. One had the roof clean off, and completely destroyed.

"I saw a couple of fatalities and rang 999. One of the cars had ended up in the hard shoulder and there were two people outside the other car, opposite the motorway.

"Traffic had all stopped and we rang the ambulance service and told them what was going on.

"We were on the phone for about 45minutes, telling them about the people who were injured and reading information back to them.

"My friends were helping with the first aid, and there were many others as well."

An image shows the lorry after it crashed through the central reservation (Image: @wyevape)

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The actions of fellow motorists was praised by Avon and Somerset Constabulary. In a statement last night (September 16), Supt Simon Ellis said: "We’ve been co-ordinating a multi-agency operation following this horrific collision on the M5 earlier today.

"Emergency service personnel have been working tirelessly at the scene in harrowing conditions and I’d like to praise them for the work they’ve done and are still doing.

"I’d also like to thank the members of the public who courageously went to the aid of those involved in this collision and in some cases rescued them from their vehicles."